Fuigo Grand Festival Blindfold Women's Sumo
Japanese name:ふいご大祭 目隠し女相撲
📅 Sun, Dec 6, 2026
About this event
The Fuigo Grand Festival Blindfold Women's Sumo, held in Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is a traditional event praying for abundant harvests. A humorous dedicatory sumo match is held where female wrestlers wear hoods depicting the Seven Lucky Gods, kneel on the dohyo, grope around with their hands to locate their opponent, and push them down. It is also said that navigating life's hardships is likened to blindfolded sumo. It is held every year on the Sunday closest to December 8, and is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 6, 2026. Ritual ceremonies begin at 11:00, and the dedicatory sumo starts around 12:00. The venue is Matsusue Goro Inari Shrine, about a 30-minute walk from Ikisan Station on the JR Chikuhi Line.
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Matsusue Goro Inari Shrine
608-4 Nijomatsusue, Itoshima, Fukuoka 819-1613
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